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Can Twitter's backbone handle sudden jump in popularity?

Can Twitter's backbone handle sudden jump in popularity?IT Infrastructure and Unexpected GrowthInteresting post. It seems as if the cost factor vexed Twitter from the beginning. There's no way that Twitter management could have made the case for an expensive mainframe--much less two--upon founding the company. [i]Who would have guessed that...

Tags: Mainframes, Twitter, sudden jump

Discussion threads 2009-04-11

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Ballmer: Windows 7 sales on a roll

Oh boy... this should be a fun Talkback... ntntyeap...for sure we'll be hearing what everyone has already said "ad nauseum".BallSack is a MoronPlain and Simple.I'm sure Win7 sales are decent. After all, it's hard to get an OS-less computer.....It is easy enough to get linuxpre-installed.Or buy a MacHowever,...

Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Mac sale, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux, sales, Steve Ballmer, Windows 7 sale, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Is imminent Chrome OS launch reckless?

First Impressions"first impressions are extremely important."Yup, Vista SP1/SP2 is a good operating system. Microsoft botched the initial release of Vista, and it gave a good operating system a permanently bad name.reckless not sure dangerous surely i may sound stupid or ill inform but ...What will be Chrome...

Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome, imminent Chrome OS

Discussion threads 2009-11-14

Billboard for WWDC is torn down; startup smells rotten Apple

Billboard for WWDC is torn down; startup smells rotten AppleThe actual Cure for iPhone Envy....Is to pick something up and .... hit yourself on the head with it. No Pun Intented?[i]The transit agency has approved the [u]transparent[/u] one but it?s still [u]unclear[/u] how soon that billboard can go back up.[/i]It...

Tags: Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Twitter's Oprah-tunity: Time to get down to business

Now that Oprah has placed her Midas Touch on Twitter and the membership numbers seem to be growing as a result of it, you'd think that Twitter would be able to hammer out a revenue model that would allow the financial floodgates to open.  But, no, Twitter...

Tags: Twitter, Rafe, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-20

Twitter and news media: A long-term relationship or just a fling?

Twitter experiences another month of exponential growth - 131 percent in March. YAWN! No big deal, right? When you start from low numbers and see sudden jumps, the growth percentages naturally will be impressive. But Comscore, in a blog post I discovered by clicking...

Tags: Media, Twitter, Internet, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-15

News to know: Windows 7; Twitter; Satyam; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: How hard will it be to move to the Windows 7 Release Candidate? ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Dana Blankenhorn, Satyam, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Open Source, Operating Systems, Strategy, Software, Internet, Management

Blog posts 2009-04-13

Can Twitter's backbone handle sudden jump in popularity?

For the past week or so, I've been noticing - and hearing some rumblings about - a greater-than-normal number of overload errors spewing from Twitter. Even though the overloads likely are stemming from the recent mainstream Twitter craze - which is a good thing - it's clear that Twitter is...

Tags: Backbone, Jason Perlow, Twitter, Mainframes, Storage, Telecommunications, Servers, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-10

Cloud: More important than the PC?

Cloud: More important than the PC? Without the PC there is no cloudI'm not denying the fact that the cloud has gained importance, and I'm not denying that you can gain access to the cloud through non-PC devices. But the PC is still where the content is...

Tags: Desktops, PC

Discussion threads 2009-02-24

Evochron Legends demo (Windows)

Evochron Legends is the sequel to Evochron Renegades with a lot of design aspects heavily influenced by player feedback and requests. It is a first person 3D space combat, trader, and mercenary simulation designed for 'lone-wolf' survival gameplay. You can make diverse buying, fighting, and travelling decisions in a large...

Tags: Environment, Microsoft Windows, StarWraith 3D Games, Evochron Legends, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-02-05

Massachusetts finds unintended consequences in health care reform

Massachusetts finds unintended consequences in health care reformWell, duh.The hallmark of socialism is shortages. Massachusettes socializes it's health care, and wow, shock, just like Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Oregon and Hawaii, shortages appear.lol...[i]By putting 340,000 new customers on the rolls demand for service has skyrocketed. Doctors just can't keep up.[/i]That...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Massachusettes, health care

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

Microsoft: Windows Live outage affected those not signed with Live ID

Microsoft: Windows Live outage affected those not signed with Live IDI directed my mom to mail.live.com.I solved her problem very quickly.RE: Microsoft: Windows Live outage affected those not signed with Live IDI got this message all day long at the MS Office Download Center:"The Office Update Catalog cannot be displayed...

Tags: Manufacturing, Windows Live outage, Live-ID, outage, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-02-26

Is Facebook the next Netscape?

Is Facebook the next Netscape?facebook is well establishedJust like hotmail, the client base was there...when you have something that is 'good enough' its difficult to justify switching to something new.Besides interoperability will be the biggest challenge because almost everyone I know or they know is on facebook already. That...

Tags: Web browsers, Netscape Navigator, Netscape Communications Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Facebook, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-11-01

The state of Enterprise 2.0

Industry analysts, CIOs, and business leaders around the world are continuing to try to read the industry tea leaves in 2007 when it comes to the subject of Enterprise 2.0, the increasingly popular discussion of using Web 2.0 platforms in the workplace. The primary topic of interest? Whether Enterprise...

Tags: McAfee Inc., Social Bookmarking, Enterprise 2.0, Worker, FLATNESSES, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2007-10-22

Flash drives get a fight from disks

Flash drives get a fight from disksBattery LifePersonally I see 30 minutes of extra battery life as being a big bonus but maybe thats just me. We've push Li Ion batteries to the breaking point just as sony how it worked out when they went past it and so...

Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, Good Money, USB flash drive, laptop computer, battery, disk, SSD

Discussion threads 2007-09-10

Microsoft says a Zune phone 'not unreasonable'

Microsoft says a Zune phone 'not unreasonable'When will MS release a combo phone/media player?I laugh and laugh and laugh at all the Apple zealots who are freaking out about how the iPod maybe, just might, perhaps get a "real" OS on it and now the question is... when will MS...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Handhelds, Microsoft Zune, Zune Phone, Microsoft Corp., phone, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Mobile

Discussion threads 2007-09-04

WGA notches win for Microsoft in piracy bust

WGA notches win for Microsoft in piracy bustFake looks betteroh wait. it's vistaI'm curious ...The picture you have posted is a "counterfeit" of a Windows Vista disc. My question is, so what? I can make a copy of a disc. The thing that really matters is the license key and...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., piracy, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2007-07-25

Wal-Mart to start selling Dells?

Wal-Mart to start selling Dells?Awwwww, Dell and Wal-mart....like two peas in a pod, how cute!Wal-Mart, Dell & ChinaA marriage made in Heaven, now you can shop at China-Mart, buy your China made Dell pc and other 'Made in China' products.Wal-Mart & Google need to join hands, that way they can...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Vertical industries, Desktops, profit margin, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Dell Computer Corp., computer

Discussion threads 2007-05-24

Microsoft's state of Vista: The first 100 days

Microsoft's state of Vista: The first 100 daysLet's see here:"Microsoft maintains a 4,000-row spreadsheet detailing any devices for which the company has received more than 500 problem reports..." 4000 x 500 = 2,000,000. So, potentially there are 2 million users out there experiencing problems, if we assume only...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Intuit Inc., Tech Support, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-05-08

Vista...*Sigh*

I just installed Windows Vista Business on my laptop. Id never advocate being an early adopter at the enterprise level, but Im enough of a geek that I really wanted to get my hands on the latest and greatest. Having played with preview releases, I was certainly impressed...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, CD

Blog posts 2007-03-09